Walk It Through: Pulled Over In Nevada
A name, insurance on a phone, a passenger's camera, and the 60 minutes.
Red lamp and siren on a highway at night. The driver pulls over, and the officer asks for a name and then where the trip started.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop on one highway. Whether the stop was lawful, a search of the car, the duty to carry and show a license, and an impaired driving investigation are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Interception of a wire communicationIntercepting a phone call, which in Nevada is unlawful unless it is made with the prior consent of one of the parties and an emergency exists in which it is impractical to obtain a court order first.
- Law enforcement activityWhat a person who is not under arrest or in custody may record, by camera, phone, sound or written notes, keeping the recording and the device.
- Listening deviceA device used to surreptitiously listen to, monitor or record a private conversation of other persons, which is unlawful unless one of the persons in the conversation authorized it.
- RatificationA court's approval of an emergency interception, applied for in writing to a justice of the Supreme Court or a district judge within 72 hours of the interception.
- Evidence of insuranceWhat the owner keeps in the vehicle and surrenders to a peace officer on demand. Driving without it is a misdemeanor with a fine of $600 to $1,000.
- Failing to stop for a peace officerWillfully failing to stop, or fleeing or trying to elude, when a peace officer in a readily identifiable vehicle signals by flashing red lamp and siren, a misdemeanor.
- Temporary detentionAn officer holding someone encountered in circumstances that reasonably indicate a crime or civil infraction, only to learn the person's identity and the suspicious circumstances, for no longer than reasonably necessary and never longer than 60 minutes.